This briefing is submitted in advance of the 1383rd meeting (September 2020) (DH) of the Ministers’ Deputies on the execution of judgments. In light of Greece’s obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights, as well as other provisions of international human rights and refugee...

In 2019, Moldova marks 10 years since the tragic events of 7 April 2009. On that day, hundreds of people were subjected to arrest and beating by police in the capital Chisinau, and one protester died from the injuries he received. The most fitting way for the country to mark this anniversary is to...

This case concerns an obligation to carry out an effective investigation into allegations of discriminatory ill-treatment as required by the procedural aspect of Article 3 in conjunction with Article 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights (‘ECHR’). Amnesty International provides legal...

In light of Greece’s obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights, as well as other provisions of international human rights and refugee law, Amnesty International seeks to assist the Committee of Ministers in its evaluation of the general measures that the Greek government has taken...

Amnesty International has collated the list based on various sources and attempted to confirm all information. However, verification remains difficult and not all the information may be up to date.

Amnesty International deplores the failure of Slovakia’s criminal justice system to ensure justice for the six Romani boys subjected to a horrific attack at a police station in 2009.

Amnesty International submits this briefing to the United Nations Human Rights Committee ahead of its examination of Bolivia’s third periodic report on the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Amnesty International recognises that significant changes and...

The USA ratified the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in June 1992. Two decades later, the USA is failing to live up to its human rights obligations on a range of issues. This submission highlights a number of concerns under domestic law and practice, from long-term isolation...

An opportunity for scrutiny of the application of the death penalty in the USA comes in October 2013, when the USA’s human rights record will be reviewed by the United Nations Human Rights Committee. As outlined in this report, the US administration has been somewhat economical with what it has...

Amnesty International submits this briefing to the United Nations Human Rights Committee ahead of its examination of Mozambique’s initial report on the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. This submission highlights concerns about persisting impunity for...

The 2009 Ethiopian Charities and Societies Proclamation places excessive restrictions on the work of human rights organisations. The law has had a devastating impact on human rights work, both in terms of the practical obstacles it creates for human rights defenders, and in exacerbating the climate...

One year ago on 5 July 2009 thousands of Chinese of Uighur ethnicity demonstrated in Urumqi, the regional capital of the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR). In the aftermath of the Urumqi protests, the authorities detained more than 1,400 people. Amnesty International believes that it is...